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The dynamic brake unit was installed on mine,

Nice! Menard’s hit a home run with this one. Their O gauge line-up is pretty good. I use a lot of their track, especially O96 and O72. I have a few of their freight cars, as well. It’s good that they went with simpler trucks, with the rotating bearing caps, but no springs. Good stuff, all the way around. An excellent video, as always.

I only use Menards track for display shelves because its cheap!

is that 60 footer car? I was hoping they would make a 40 foot version of this.

You've been watching too much Halloween 🎃 movies.yikes.😅😮❤☠️💀

I also have a bunch of Menards track and rolling stock also which I really like

Not sure if it's still early but our manards not as stocked as mutch as usaly with train stuff think they had one of those cars though ur right think it would look good with steam engine lional dose have some nice cheaper lyon chief engines but still looking at 400 dollars

Marx guy here, what`s with the big Blaid? I`ll have you know I don`t intimate that easy.

That white thing is your dynamic brake blister. It does go on top of the engine like you had it. Some railroads ordered dynamic brakes on their diesels, some did not, it usually depended on how hilly the track profile was.

I really like your bridge thanks tor the inspiration and informative video

Nothing wrong with your track. I’m not a fan of the O track but Mainly because of the looks. I prefer the smaller O27 rails. Some people just are not a fan of tube track but I think it has it’s advantages.my question is why is that tender in front of the caboose? 😁

To me, it looks like the axle was bent when the wheel was pressed onto it. I'd contact Menard's and see what they do....maybe a new truck assembly.

It's not the rail it's the wheels,pull them of with a wheel puller.then reinstall recheck..it seems to be a common problem with Menards,😅😊❤🚂💯🏁👍

It’s not the rail. The wheel is probably pressed on crooked. You can try to gently pry one end out on the axle. That will usually work

Nice haul! I like the ‘cabeese’, they are in nice shape. The higher-end ones were lit and most had the coupler on one end. The smoking one is real cool. The log dump cars are decent, for sure. As another commenter mentioned, that 3830 flat had the submarine load. The sub had a V-shaped slot on the bottom, where you slid the sub into those retainer clips. You can get all of the missing pieces from dealers and collectors at shows and on the internet. You can make the logs out of dowels, they work just fine. Either way, nice stuff, for sure. An excellent video, as always.

Order a new axle and wheels 😮

It’s not the rail. Most likely a bent axle.

I would take it back and get a new one. They usually have a return policy. Menards owner takes the trains seriously so if you take it back and tell them it was like this when you bought it and want to exchange it for the same then they should do it.

Nice job with the New Additions

I've bought hundreds of engines. All of them used. I don't have any of the new Menards train engines, so I can't speak for any of them. I do have the Menards Tubular track. It's extremely unlikely that the track would cause that kind of damage. I've only bought one very old steam engine that had lived a very rough life that had bent axles and wheels. I'm guessing something heavy was placed on top of it or dropped or both. It wouldn't be likely to receive that kind of damage just by dropping it without damaging something else other than the wheels unless it perfectly landed on just the wheels. It's possible that a defective wheel was pressed on, but the other wheels are out of alignment also and seem to suggest that the whole truck assembly received some kind of damage, possibly before assembly and was assembled with a complete defective truck assembly. This also could be a factory reject that slipped pass inspection. It's a bad idea to run it with the wheels like that as it will cause excessive wear on the bearings, axles, wheels, gears, and undesirable track wear. I would return it for a replacement if that's the way you got it. I checked my local Menards Saturday, and they put out the train items. They had several Milwaukee Road and CN&W sets on the shelf. If it's past their 90-day limit, they should still issue you store credit. Since it's an operable engine, they might not take it back since you waited so long. They have always accepted anything I've returned, but I've always returned malfunctioning electrical and operating items the next day. It's no secret that Menards train items tend to have their issues from time to time. It's like their customers are performing their quality control issues. At least their trying to bring some decent affordable train items to their customers.

Popsicle sticks are one of the best building materials available, I have been using them since the ‘50’s for everything from trestles to houses

very nice

Great fun building a bridge

Good bridge cool layout 👍

Well some people can only criticize….. doesn’t encourage people to do better just tears down….. anyway, if it were my loco I would prob attempt to bend that wheel back straight by inserting a small screw driver behind it and pry it out from the frame, check it , do it again , etc but do it slowly and not to hard and I bet you could get that wobble reduced to where it’s not so noticeable…. Just my thoughts , but I think you are doing a great job! Ignore the haters…..

I guess you got what you paid for and didn’t get. China typical JUNK. I would return it and get my money back. And chalk it up to lessons learned for the next time.

I like your layout

Good to see ur still having fun 😊

Not sure how he blames your lay out your running on manards track setting train on cardboard? if u dropped it could see it but iv seen guys drop trains to the floor and maybe have to replace truck again would get ahold of manards customer service look at ur packaging should b a number for service

Is there a Warranty?

It's not the track. Have the same menards track and it's fine

awesome layout..what size is it? looks like maybe a 4 x10?

I love the looks of those engines. I remember I saw an I.C. GP9 at Dispensas Castle of Toys in Oak Brook Ill. Back in the 70s when I was a kid. I fell in love with it. But at the time, I didn't understand about money and the cost of things things. So since I wasn't working and my parents controlled the money, needless to say, I just could dream about it.

Ps, you’re running the Chicago and Northwestern caboose backwards.

How many Popsicles did you have to eat I made a ho Popsicle bridge but nothing as detailed as yours mine is just very simple to fit my needs at the time

I used to work at a model train store (5 years). This is a classic case of a poorly made layout with poor track. You have it mounted to wood with nothing to dampen the vibration. The wheels may not be true, but more times than not, I always found how the track is laid is more to do with it. It's a light train loco that lends itself to vibration issues. The tube track doesn't help either. For what you have invested in it, I would say it's great though. Personally, I don't know why you are complaining. It runs fine for what it cost.

Looking good!

Good job on the Bridge

Lot of rain up this way also not sure about ur manards but ours has the trains out already for the holidays they have some new train sets featuring ur Chicago ingine comes with track powerpack and 3 or 4 cars was wondering if u thought of extending elevated line to cut throgh ur mountain area

The KW will work fine with the newer logic, but I would suggest a fast acting circuit breaker to protect the electronics. Better still get yourself a K line Z4000. Lots of power.

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The KW will run 7 or 8 AC motors. I’ve done that. So I’d say anything with a DC can motor numbering even 8 motors should be no issue. I have no interest in modern stuff so beyond that I have no comment.

I have a beautiful looking Lionel nyc Mohawk and it’s all original and it smokes good beautiful railsounds

Looks like a bent axle and it sounds like it's putting pressure on the gears because I'm hearing a surge in the sound it's making coming down the tracks. I would call Menards corporate office and state your case and tell them you want a replacement CNW locomotive.

Ray will exchange it…contact him as you did before!

Nice engine

Real feel of running trains at the transformer, now you can trash those remotes.

Nice piece. That piece is a dynamic braking system. The box has the picture on it.

Shoee, vintage prewar has it all.

If really depends on how much effort you want to put into getting a refund/replace. You seem to be in the right , but as we all know being right doesn’t mean much these days. Also, you will NEVER own an off-round truck again. You will forever be on the look out for it. Either way it’s a darn good looking engine. Best of luck